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Tables of Contents for Woeful Afflictions
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Illustrations
ix
Introduction: Disability and Sentimentality
1
9
The Semiotics of Disability
10
18
Institutional Meanings for Blind Bodies
28
28
Sentimental Posters
56
23
The Angel in the Text
79
22
Institutional Sentimentalism
101
17
Laura Bridgman
118
28
Can the Blind Girl Speak?
146
30
Helen Keller
176
21
Redefining Disability and Sentimentality: The Miracle Worker
197
16
Notes
213
20
Bibliography
233
10
Index
243
6
Acknowledgments
249